ENERCON GROUP, INC.         

           SERVING THE PETROLEUM AND MARINE INDUSTRIES

           AROUND THE WORLD

June 2008 – Houston, Texas

Practical Courses for Office and Field Personnel

WHAT & WHEN

  

  Tanker Operations & Marine Custody Transfer,

  Petroleum Measurement and Loss Control

Managing Demurrage and Re-Billables

       ► June 2-4, 2008 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

► June 5-6, 2008 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

  Anatomy of the Petroleum Industry

    Liquefied Gas Cargo Operations

       ► June 9-10, 2008 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

► June 11-12, 2008 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

Terminal Operations and Operational Audits

► June 16-17, 2008 – 8:00am to 5:00pm

WHERE

 

     DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel

     5353 Westheimer Road (By the Galleria)

     Houston, Texas 77056 USA

     Tel. 713-961-9000, Fax 713-877-8834
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Special hotel rates have been arranged for course participants needing accommodations.  Contact us for information.

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Registration begins a half hour before the scheduled start of each session.  

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Continental breakfast and refreshments will be served each day. Everyone will be on their own for lunch.

TANKER OPERATIONS & MARINE CUSTODY TRANSFER, PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT AND LOSS CONTROL

2-4 June, 2008

This special intensive three-day combined course covers the topics you want and need to know to help increase your understanding of tanker design, operations, function and management of.  It also details the topics that will allow you to better understand the complexities of the measurement transfer, and accounting of marine petroleum cargoes.  Some of the topics covered are:

 

·          Types, sizes, uses and design of tank vessels

·          Maintenance - Practices/Costs

·          Maritime / Measurement Terms and Definitions

·          Static Measurement - Manual - Automatic / Open

·          Governing Authorities - Flags - Registration

    ·       Dynamic Measurement and Sampling

·          Classification Societies - Port State Control

    ·       Ship / Shore Measurement – All Aspects -

·          ISM Codes - Vessel Manning - ISO 9000

             VEF, OBQ, ROB, Free Water, Line Fills, Wedge etc.

·          Draft - Trim - List - Basic Stability

    ·       Field Activities – Need for Good Inspections

·          Vessel Engines - Fuel - Bunkers - White List

    ·       Latest Industry Standards, Procedures and Practices

·          Tanks - Pipes/Lines/Valves - Cargo Pumps

             - API - EI - ASTM - ISO - ANSI 

·          Loading - Discharging - Ballasting - IGS

    ·       Shore Storage Tanks / Terminals /Refinery

·          Tank Cleaning Practices and Procedures

    ·       Inventory / Custody Transfer Oil Accounting  

·          Cargo Measurement - Compatibility

    ·       Bill's of Lading - Validity and Use

·          Terminals - Sea Berths - Lightering

    ·       Assuring Measurement Accuracy
    ·          Types of Cargo - Classification Methods     ·       Characteristics of Petroleum and its Products  

·          Oil Spill Prevention / Cleanup / COFR

     ·       Safety Aspects and Concerns

·          Charter Parties - Demurrage - Laytime

    ·       Loss Prevention and Recovery

·        Weather Planning / Routing

     ·       Legal Aspects of Custody Transfer / Carriage 

·          Vessel Vetting / FPSOs / FSOs

     ·       Causes of Loss - Loss Investigations

·          COGSA / Hague Rules / INCOTERMS

     ·       Contract Terms and Conditions

·          Worldscale - Hire - Freight Rates

    ·       Documentation – Record Keeping  

·          ISPS / MTSA Code - Security Issues

     ·       API MPMS Chpt 12 Volume Calculations

·          Latest Pollution Laws and Regulations

    ·       Equipment / Hardware / Software Update

·          OPA 90 - ITOPF - CRISTAL - P&I Clubs

    ·       Cargo Reconciliation – Voyage Analysis
    ·         Vessel Navigation and Watch Standing     ·       Changes in the Composition of the Fleet
   

Program Objective:  To expose participants to the fundamentals of physical tanker operations, including tanker design, construction, cargo operations, pollution laws, voyage costing, chartering, regulatory bodies and industry organizations.  It also details the complexities and difficulties involved in marine custody transfer operations, measurement and loss control form both ship and shore perspectives, and reviews the latest industry standards in these areas.

MANAGING DEMURRAGE AND RE-BILLABLES

5-6 June, 2008

This two-day, contract-centered program details ways to manage demurrage and identify re-billable items that are many times hidden in contracts by discussing issues involving topics such as:

 

·          Demurrage Ø  What Is It?  What is its True Value?

                              Ø  Ways to Manage It

·         Performance Clauses

·         On-Hire / Off-Hire

·          ETAs / Speed-Up / Slow-Down

·         Company Policy and Vessel Operations

·          Scheduling vs. Demurrage Costs

·         Demurrage Calculations Under Varying C/P’s

·          Early Load Clause / Others

·         Owner’s Items vs. Charterer’s Items

·          Voyage Costing / Planning

·         INCOTERMS

·          Charter Parties, Types and Provisions

·         Best Vessel Utilization Methods

·          Other Contract Types

·         Statute of Limitations

·          Responsibilities Under Each Contract

·         Re-billables - Identifying and Valuating

·          Worldscale Terms and Conditions

·         Spot Charters / Time Charters / Purchase / Sales /

·       Time Charter

           Supply / COA

      

 

Program Objective:  To provide participants with the tools to manage demurrage through operational planning and contract provisions.  To show ways to find the many times overlooked re-billable items arising from the various contracts involving ship/barge oil movements.

ANATOMY OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

9-10 June, 2008

This two-day course provides a comprehensive overview of the fascinating, complex oil industry.  You'll learn about oil from its formation to its ultimate use, and everything in between, such as:

 

·   Description of the Petroleum Industry - What is it? 

    Upstream / Downstream / Midstream   

  ·  Types of Products Made - Crude Oil Products

  ·  Processing/Handling of Natural Gas / Propane Butanes

·   History of the Petroleum Industry - Titusville until Today

·   How Oil is Formed - Where it Comes From - How it Affects Us

·  Marketing/Pricing of Crude Oil / OPEC / NYCE, etc.

·  Accounting of Oil / Products

·  Finding Oil - Onshore / Offshore

   Formation Types / Oil Reserves / How Much Do We Have?

· Pricing of Gasloine

·  Industry Organizations - API / EI / ISO / ASTM / Others

·  How Oil is Produced - Onshore / Offshore

   How Much Do We Use?  / How Much Do We Need?

  ·  Regulatory / Environmental Issues / Drill or Not to Drill?

  ·  Global Warming and the Oil Industry

·  Treatment of Oil for Sale / Shipment

·  Terrorism and the Oil Industry

·  Storage of Oil:  Terminals / Tanks / Transshipment

·   Future of the Oil Industry - Bio Fuels - Right or Wrong? 

·  Transportation of Oil: Ships-Barges-Pipeline-Truck-Rail  

·  Refineries / Refining - How Gasoline is Made

   Distillation / Hydro / Cat Cracking / Other

 

    Estimated Reserves Left /  Growth in LNG Usage /

    Gas to Liquids? / Is the Petroleum Age Over?

    What is next for the Industry?

 

Program Objective:  To raise the participant's level of awareness of what the petroleum industry is and what makes up all its varied components.  The course follows a barrel of oil from its origins in the ground to its ultimate consumer use.

LIQUEFIED GAS CARGO OPERATIONS

11-12 June, 2008

This two-day course details the nature, source and use of liquefied gas cargoes and fully describes the operation of the specialty ships needed to carry them.

 

·      Liquefied Gas - Types / Sources / Uses

·      Chemical Characteristics of Gases – LNG, LPG,

        Chemical

·      Terminals - Lightering - Ship/Shore Interface

·      Cargo Handling Operations

  ·      Ballast-Changing Cargoes-Tank Cleaning             

  ·      States of Matter - Solids, Liquids, Gases   ·      Cargo Measurement and Calculation   

·      History of Liquefied Gas Operations

  ·      Gas Carrier Design - Fully Pressurized, Semi-

          Pressurized, Fully Refrigerated

  ·      Latest API / EI / GIIGNL / ISO Standards   

  ·      ICS Safety Guide - Gas / Chemicals 

  ·      Shore Storage Tanks

·      Vessel Surveys and Certification

   ·      Tank Fill Limits      

·      Cargo Handling Equipment - Pipelines, Pumps,

        Heaters, Vaporizers, Reliquefaction Plants

   ·      Health and Safety - Cargo Hazards - Flammability - 

          Frostbite - Brittle Fracture

·      Cargo Tanks Types A - B - C

   ·      Emergency Procedures   

·      Inert Gas and Nitrogen Systems

·      IMO / IGC Code - Role of SIGTTO    

·      Shore /Terminal Equipment / Instrumentation

   ·      SIGTTO Contingency Planning

  

Program Objective:  Participants gain practical knowledge about the marine transportation, safe handling and storage of liquefied gas cargoes, and the operations and management of the ships that carry them.

TERMINAL OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS

16-17 June, 2008

This two-day course covers the topics you want and need to know to increase your understanding of terminal operations, management, regulatory requirements, and operational audits, such as:  

 

·    Regulatory Bodies / General Regulations /

      Industry Organizations                  

  ·    Environmental Issues - Evaporation / Leakage /

        Laboratories

·    General Terminal Design     

  ·    Measurement Systems - Manual / Automatic

·    Tank Types and Design - Fixed, Floating /

      Cones up/down

  ·    General Safety Issues

  ·    Personnel Training Programs   

·    Terminal Pipes, Pumps and Systems    

  ·    Vapor Recovery Systems

·    Inventory Control / Planning  / Minimizing

     Terminal Losses   

  ·    Tank Certification / Tank Strapping / Verification

  ·    Terminal Auditing - Compliance / Safety / Inventory  

·    General Operating Practices

  ·    Recognizing Operational Shortcomings     

·    Tank Maintenance / Handling of Hazardous Waste 

      (tank bottoms)          

   ·    Storage Issues / Cargo Commingling Issues / 

        Handling Water      

·    Leak Detection / Prevention      

·    Security Concerns    

·    Soil Remediation

·    Ship/Shore Coordination     

 

Program Objective:  To give participants a practical knowledge of the workings of an oil terminal and how to effectively audit it as to its overall operational, governmental and safety compliance and oil loss accountability. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Management, field/office staff, traders, brokers, owners, ship/terminal operators, charterers, attorneys, schedulers, claims analysts, government and administrative personnel, and anyone else working with oil tankers or barges in any way wishing to enhance their knowledge in the described areas will benefit from these programs.

 

COURSE FORMAT

All courses use a combination of lectures, audio visual presentations, hands on use of equipment (where applicable), problem solving discussion and daily summary and question and answer sessions. 

 

MATERIALS

Participants receive original reference books, pertinent industry publications, papers and other handouts. A course certificate is awarded to all those successfully completing the program.

 

FEES

The base fee for each course is US$1,395 if paid before the start of the session, or US$1,495 if paid on the first day. Group and multiple course discounts may also be available.  

 

ENROLL NOW AND SAVE!  

 

COURSE FEE PAYMENT IN FULL OR SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO START OF COURSE.

 

Bring Your Questions ….They Will Be Answered!

Enercon’s courses have been designed to be as practical and useful as possible and attempt to bring these subjects into a “real life” context for the participants.  This is done, in part, by allowing the attendees to discuss their specific operations problems as well as directly participate in the structured course program.  If a specific question raised cannot be answered immediately, all attempts will be made to have an answer before the end of the program.  If this is not possible, the question will be researched and a response provided as soon as practical after the course.

REGISTRATION

You may enroll in any course by enrolling online, by calling tel. 305-445-0647, or via email to info@enercongroup.com .

          Confirmation and course outline will be sent to registrants. 

IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS

 

If you can’t attend these sessions or have a group of people in your organization that would benefit from these courses, you may want to take advantage of our in-house programs.  All of our courses can be brought in-house "as is" or "custom-tailored" to meet your specific requirements on a very cost-effective basis.  For more information about these or any of our other courses or services, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

 

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2008 Course Schedule

Updated May 27, 2008